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I don't know if there still is, but I remember back in the late 80's, early 90's when we'd visit family in Cincy, we went to an amusement/waterpark called Coney Island. There were a lot of older structures there that dated pretty far back.

Larry Luebbers/Marvin Thompson

Is Blue Ash still the site of a resurrected Crosley Field. With 600 original seats. Possibly the scoreboard, flagpole and ticket office. An Old Timers Game was dedicated in July 11, 1988.
from ebaseballparks.com

I have a question about Crosley and subsequent Riverfront Stadium. I know that Crosley Field holds a very special place in the hearts of Cincinnati fans. It holds a very special place in my heart although I never saw a game there. However do you think the fact that the Big Red Machine was being built and the Reds went to the World Series two of the first three years that Riverfront was open helped acclimate Reds fans to Riverfront? If you think about it many of the wonderful memories in Cincinnati baseball history happened at Riverfront. That first season in Riverfront saw Pete Rose crash into Ray Fosse at home during the All Star Game and later in the year, the World Series was played at Riverfront against the Orioles. The Reds were right back in the Series again in 1972 against the Oakland Athletics.

I wish that I could get a panoram of the outfield and scenery beyond the fence - before they started knocking all the surrounding buildings down. To me, the scene beyond the outfield was one of the best looking atmospheres in all of baseball.

The above pics are from July 21, 1950 and I believe these pics could be from the same game. The top pic is Jackie Robinson at bat. The bottom pic is Joe Adcock who played in Cincinnati before finding fame in Milwaukee.

I agree with the last two people that posted on the boards. We love the ballparks from yesteryear but I would not want to go backwards and live in those days. Those times seem simpler because we might have been kids during that time and we were youthful and naive as well. All eras had their issues. Prices to game might have been cheap but they were not cheap at that time. If they had been that cheap, the stands would have been packed for every game. I have heard of people working for a dime per hour so the ticket prices were relative to the income of that era.